# halm
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /hɔːm/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /hɔm/
* Rhymes: -ɔːm

### Noun

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)
* (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /halm/, [halˀm]

### Noun

halm c (singular definite halmen, not used in plural form)
* haulm, straw

#### Derived terms

* græshalm
* halmafbrænding
* halmballe
* halmbuk
* halmfyr
* halmhus
* halmknippe
* halmkrans
* halmloft
* halmmadras
* halmmåtte
* halmstak
* halmstrå
* halmvisk
* hvedehalm
* langhalm
* overskudshalm
* sengehalm

### References

* “halm” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch halm, from Old Dutch *halm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑlm
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)
* haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)

#### Derived terms

* grashalm
* strohalm
* windhalm

#### Related terms

* helm (“marram”)

## East Central German
### Preposition

halm
* (Erzgebirgisch) for, because of

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English healm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

#### Alternative forms

* halme, healm, helme, holme

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /halm/

#### Noun

halm (plural helmes)
* The stalks remaining after cultivation; haulm, straw.
* The grip or pole of a weapon.

##### Descendants

* English: haulm, halm, helm

##### References

* “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

halm
* Alternative form of helm

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

### Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)
* straw

#### Derived terms

* halmtak

### References

* “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* halm’e, hålm’e, hålm, håm’e, håm, hælm (hæłm), alm (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hálmur, Swedish and Danish halm, German Halm and English haulm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /halm/, /haɽm/

### Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen, indefinite plural halmar, definite plural halmane)
* (collective) haulm, straw
* straw stubble
    Synonym: halmstubb

#### Derived terms

* halmhatt
* halmseng
* halmstrå
* halmtak
* helma
* helme
* marhalm

### References

* “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

halm c
* straw, haulm

#### Usage notes

Straw in the countable sense is strå.

#### Related terms

* halma
* halmbal
* halmbolster
* halmbädd
* halmfläta
* halmflätning
* halmfärgad
* halmgul
* halmhatt
* halmhylsa
* halmig
* halmkärve
* halmmadrass
* halmmatta
* halmpress
* halmrep
* halmsko
* halmslöjd
* halmstack
* Halmstad
* Halmstadsbo
* Halmstadslax
* halmstrå
* halmtak
* halmtäckning
* halmtäckt
* halmviska
* sänghalm
* ärthalm

#### See also

* hö (“hay”)

### References

* halm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* halm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* halm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)